Analysis of ME, DIRT!
To the apple of my eye
It is time for me to go
Even though I gave it a try
I must let go
Our love will not grow.
Even though that we'd been hurt
I feel that we are strong enough to survive
We are going to carry on and live
In due time you'll forget about me
The dirt.
| Scheme | ABABB CDDXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1010111 1111111 10111101 1111 101111 1011111 11111101101 1110110101 011101011 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 268 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
About this poem
This was written 12/26/1992. This was published in the anthology Today's Great Poems and Copyright 1994 by The Famous Poets Society, Copyright 2023 by sweetslimited.
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Written on December 26, 1992
Submitted by markanthonyschroettner on December 22, 2023
Modified by markanthonyschroettner on December 24, 2023
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